Daniel 10:11

10:11 He said to me, “Daniel, you are of great value. ¹  Understand the words that I am about to ²  speak to you. So stand up, ³  for I have now been sent to you.” When he said this ⁴  to me, I stood up shaking.

Luke 1:12

1:12 And Zechariah, visibly shaken when he saw the angel, ⁵  was seized with fear. ⁶ 

Luke 1:29

1:29 But ⁷  she was greatly troubled ⁸  by his words and began to wonder about the meaning of this greeting. ⁹ 

Luke 24:5

24:5 The ¹⁰  women ¹¹  were terribly frightened ¹²  and bowed ¹³  their faces to the ground, but the men said to them, “Why do you look for the living ¹⁴  among the dead?

¹ tn Or “a treasured person”; KJV “a man greatly beloved”; NASB “man of high esteem.”

² tn The Hebrew participle is often used, as here, to refer to the imminent future.

³ tn Heb “stand upon your standing.”

⁴ tn Heb “spoke this word.”

⁵ tn The words “the angel” are not in the Greek text, but are implied. Direct objects were frequently omitted in Greek when clear from the context.

⁶ tn Or “and he was afraid”; Grk “fear fell upon him.” Fear is common when supernatural agents appear (1:29-30, 65; 2:9; 5:8-10; 9:34; 24:38; Exod 15:16; Judg 6:22-23; 13:6, 22; 2 Sam 6:9).

⁷ tc Most mss (A C Θ 0130 ˹³ Ï lat sy) have ἰδοῦσα (idousa, “when [she] saw [the angel]”) here as well, making Mary’s concern the appearance of the angel. This construction is harder than the shorter reading since it adds a transitive verb without an explicit object. However, the shorter reading has significant support (א B D L W Ψ Ë¹ 565 579 1241 sa) and on balance should probably be considered authentic.

⁸ sn On the phrase greatly troubled see 1:12. Mary’s reaction was like Zechariah’s response.

⁹ tn Grk “to wonder what kind of greeting this might be.” Luke often uses the optative this way to reveal a figure’s thinking (3:15; 8:9; 18:36; 22:23).

¹⁰ tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated.

¹¹ tn Grk “they”; the referent (the women) has been specified in the translation for clarity (the same has been done in v. 8).

¹² tn Or “They were extremely afraid.”

¹³ sn Bowed their faces to the ground. Such respect for angels is common: Dan 7:28; 10:9, 15.

¹⁴ sn By referring to Jesus as the living, the angels make it clear that he is alive. There should be no surprise.